❓ A parliamentary question regarding firefighter pay is met with a non-committal answer from the Premier, who pivots to attack the opposition's industrial relations policies. The Speaker intervenes due to interjections.
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FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY - OFFICER REMUNERATION
I have a supplementary question. Does the Premier support only an 8.5 per cent pay rise over two years for our senior firefighters who are expected to go into burning buildings on a paltry $19.33 an hour? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I have a supplementary question. Does the Premier support only an 8.5 per cent pay rise over two years for our senior firefighters who are expected to go into burning buildings on a paltry $19.33 an hour? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I have already said in answer to the first question that negotiations are ongoing, and I expect them to be resolved in a mutually agreeable way. I repeat: if it were up to the model being promoted by members on the other side of Parliament, there would be no union, there would be no arbitration system and there would be - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I have already said in answer to the first question that negotiations are ongoing, and I expect them to be resolved in a mutually agreeable way. I repeat: if it were up to the model being promoted by members on the other side of Parliament, there would be no union, there would be no arbitration system and there would be - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
I have already said in answer to the first question that negotiations are ongoing, and I expect them to be resolved in a mutually agreeable way. I repeat: if it were up to the model being promoted by members on the other side of Parliament, there would be no union, there would be no arbitration system and there would be - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I have already said in answer to the first question that negotiations are ongoing, and I expect them to be resolved in a mutually agreeable way. I repeat: if it were up to the model being promoted by members on the other side of Parliament, there would be no union, there would be no arbitration system and there would be - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
I have already said in answer to the first question that negotiations are ongoing, and I expect them to be resolved in a mutually agreeable way. I repeat: if it were up to the model being promoted by members on the other side of Parliament, there would be no union, there would be no arbitration system and there would be - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
The SPEAKER : I call to order the member for Vasse for the third time. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There would be no arbitration system and there would be no minimum wages and conditions, and probably people who attempted to protest in the manner of those now in the public gallery would be arrested.
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